Industrial Relations Officer

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is currently recruiting for a Industrial Relations Officer with extensive experience in the Oil & Gas industry to provide support to our Client in the execution of projects in SASOLBURG.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities;
- Ensure awareness and full understanding of the statutory requirements relating to the employment of labour, working conditions, welfare, redundancy etc.
- Responsible for ensuring the contractor’s recruitment of labour or personnel in accordance with the Project Industrial Relations Policy, acting only on the Resident Construction Manager or his deputy's approval.
- Ensure that all newly recruited Contractor’s labour is fully informed of the terms and conditions of employment and the type of work to be carried out, in particular ensure that they are aware of the terms of the Industrial Relations Policy, the ruling safety regulations and procedures, the system for the payment of wages and the welfare facilities available on the site.
- Review the working conditions and welfare facilities on the site continuously throughout the life of the contract to ensure that they are in accord with the terms of the Industrial Relations Policy, statutory requirements and Company policies and procedures.
- Any deterioration in conditions or facilities must be discussed with the supervision concerned, failure to restore the situation must be reported to the Resident Manager.
Attend meetings with Contractor Employee Representatives for communication at site level in accordance with the procedure set out in the Industrial Relations Policy.
- Prepare minutes of all meetings held with the Contractor Industrial Relations Officials and will report all matters affecting industrial relations on the site to the Resident Construction Manager and Head Office.
- All disputes, the action taken and any site negotiations must be reported immediately to Head Office.
- Liaise with other Contractors and the Client's I/R representative, to ensure full awareness of all developments which may affect industrial relations on his own site. Any factors discovered which could affect the Company must be reported to the Resident Construction Manager and Head Office.
- Appreciation of site communication is essential. Ensure that all details of the Industrial Relation Policy, personnel rules and procedures, general additional items of information are posted and fully understood by both staff and labour. Encourage at all times, full communication between employee and the management.
- Advise the Resident Construction Manager and other Management as appropriate on the settlement and administration of minor staff problems.
- Take note of other Agreements, working conditions and practices in the area, obtain as much detailed information as possible and assess the efficiency of any such Agreement in order to determine its effect on his own site situation and its usefulness in the preparation of future agreements, all such information should be referred to Head Office for further assessment and retention.
- Ensure that full and complete records be maintained of all starts, finishes, work records, warnings, final assessment disputes, meetings etc. in order that a complete picture of industrial relations aspects of the contract can be built up.

Skills / Qualifications**:Qualifications**:

- IR/HR Diploma
**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- 5 Years in Applicable Project Environment
**Personal attributes**:

- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Sympathetic and a good listener.elationship anability.

Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.